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Committee creates public safety outreach position and backs state bills expanding disability and retirement coverage for staff
Summary
The committee approved creating a full‑time Public Safety Community Outreach Coordinator position and adopted resolutions supporting state bills to allow a 207C disability opt‑in for probation officers and to amend retirement rules for 911 operators/dispatchers.
The committee voted to create one full‑time Public Safety Community Outreach Coordinator (CSEA Grade 10) and approved advanced step hiring up to Step 04. Peter Cirigliano said the role would absorb additional duties — including coordinating the STOP‑DWI transition, organizing community and school outreach, assisting the Peer Support Team Coordinator and coordinating with mental‑health partners. Robert Doss said the county currently has no person in that dedicated position.
Separately, the committee adopted a resolution supporting New York State Senate Bill 8837 and Assembly Bill 2535 to allow counties to offer 207C disability coverage to probation officers. Legislator Jonathan Redeker introduced the item and Chris Ludlow, Political Action Coordinator, told the committee the measure is essentially "a county opt‑in that would allow counties to offer 207C disability coverage to probation officers if they see fit." The committee also approved a resolution supporting Senate Bill 7635b and Assembly Bill 9162 to amend Retirement and Social Security Law related to retirement of 911 operators and dispatchers; Ludlow described the latter as similar in intent to the 207C opt‑in.
All motions were approved with unanimous consent. The meeting record does not list implementation timelines or bargaining steps for changes to disability or retirement provisions; those measures are state actions the county is endorsing rather than local policy changes.
